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* Lung cancer death figures are increasing amongst women
Jump to full article: Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk), 2009-10-27
Intro: More women in Scotland are dying from lung cancer, while rates of the disease among men have fallen, new statistics have shown.
Death rates from the disease rose by 11.5% for women over the past 10 years, compared with a drop of 21% for men. A total of 4000 people now die from the condition every year.
The rise in female mortality, outlined in the figures published by ISD Scotland, bucks the overall trend for cancer deaths, which dropped by 7% in the decade to 2008.
But the new statistics reveal the extent of the health divide in Scotland, where people living in the most deprived areas are 75% more likely to die from cancer than those in the richest areas. They are also 40% more likely to be diagnosed with any form of the disease, with rates of lung and cervical cancer particularly high among poorer sections of society.
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